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jay carney said at one point he looked around is anybody flying this plane. they were flying the plane. everybody was safe. the president back at the white house. >> shepard: what are republicans saying about working with the president trying to break this gridlock? >> the republicans are skeptical because they say that the president noted last night is he going to call mitt romney and invite him into the white house for a meeting to talk about how they can work together. the republicans say look he did the same thing with john mccain as president elect in 2008. both parties went to their separate corners in the end and didn't get a lot done together. republic strategists are saying if the president is serious about this second term maybe they can get business done. take a listen. >> i was interested in his remarks last night saying the best is yet to come. we would have liked to have seen some of that in the first four years. maybe is he serious this time. >> in an effort to try to show he is following up, we're told by white house aides that late in the eve
jay carney said at one point he looked around is anybody flying this plane. they were flying the plane. everybody was safe. the president back at the white house. >> shepard: what are republicans saying about working with the president trying to break this gridlock? >> the republicans are skeptical because they say that the president noted last night is he going to call mitt romney and invite him into the white house for a meeting to talk about how they can work together. the...
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i guess press secretary jay carney wouldn't get too specific about that plan today. >> that's right. look, the president got high marks for those remarks he mentioned last night at that prayer vigil. i was there. across the political spectrum, people were saying it's perhaps struck the right tone. maybe there will be some action. but there is a way to have a reason debate to find out the best solution. jay carney, when pressed today on exactly what the president is going to do, was not very specific at all. didn't have a clear battle plan at all. so didn't even have a time line of how quickly he would move. take a listen. >> i think that it's part of it, but it is far from all of it. as you know, the president has taken positions on common sense measures that he believes should be taken to help address this problem, but he made clear that more needs to be done. >> that was a question about gun control, not as specific and firm in terms of the president last night, saying that he really wants to do something to protect children, although we're told that this afternoon, the president,
i guess press secretary jay carney wouldn't get too specific about that plan today. >> that's right. look, the president got high marks for those remarks he mentioned last night at that prayer vigil. i was there. across the political spectrum, people were saying it's perhaps struck the right tone. maybe there will be some action. but there is a way to have a reason debate to find out the best solution. jay carney, when pressed today on exactly what the president is going to do, was not...
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today, spokesman jay carney pointing out because of u.s. sanctions, european union sanctions, this has put a lot of pressure on iran so if there were any talks, iran would be on the defensive. take a listen. >> we had a situation where iran's economy is clearly suffering from the effects of the international sanctions regime as well as the unilateral sanctions that the various nations have placed on iran. >> the other problem and challenge the white house is facing is tonight the officials believe the u.s. has to go further with even tougher sanctions and israel talking about the possibility of a unilateral military attack on iran to take out their potential nuclear program. bottom line is that the president's chairman of the joint chiefs, general dempsey will be in israel tomorrow to try to huddle with israeli officials and make sure everybody is on the same page. >> shepard: ed henry live at the white house. thanks. and just into fox news, word that u.s. forces have come to the rescue of yet another fishing boat in iran. the navy is repor
today, spokesman jay carney pointing out because of u.s. sanctions, european union sanctions, this has put a lot of pressure on iran so if there were any talks, iran would be on the defensive. take a listen. >> we had a situation where iran's economy is clearly suffering from the effects of the international sanctions regime as well as the unilateral sanctions that the various nations have placed on iran. >> the other problem and challenge the white house is facing is tonight the...
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i guess jay carney spoke out about this today. >> he did. 'cause there has been conflicting information as you suggest. some administration officials have said look, this was not a preplanned, premeditated attack. that's the opposite, as you know, as to what the libyan president and others have suggested. u.s. intelligence sources have told fox that the u.s. government was warned by libyan officials that violence was increasing in benghazi and that the libyan government may not be able to control it. so i pressed jay carney on whether we got some kind of a warning. take a listen. >> the administration have any sort of heads up that violence was increasing specifically in libya before the attack? >> i'm not aware of any, ed. this is a matter that's under investigation in terms of what precipitated the attack, what the motivations were, what role the video played in that. >> the president taped an interview with david letterman running later tonight and he says he has a new message for the muslim world. they need to work with the u.s. to prote
i guess jay carney spoke out about this today. >> he did. 'cause there has been conflicting information as you suggest. some administration officials have said look, this was not a preplanned, premeditated attack. that's the opposite, as you know, as to what the libyan president and others have suggested. u.s. intelligence sources have told fox that the u.s. government was warned by libyan officials that violence was increasing in benghazi and that the libyan government may not be able to...
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white house spokesman says jay carney says basically what the president is trying to do is hit these battleground states and lay out a choice with the republic mitt romney. >> the president talks every day that he is out there, as he was yesterday about what we need to do to help build our economy. help it continue to grow. help it continue to create jobs. >> and like the vice president, the president himself will be out on the campaign trail making that case next week during the republic national convention. is he going to be hitting the battle grounds of iowa, colorado, and virginia. used to be an unofficial tradition you would stay on the sidelines when the other guy is having convention. they want to hit these battleground states and push back on republicans as they launch their attacks in tampa, jon. >> jon: our polls suggest governor romney may not be capitalizing? >> that's right, look. governor romney brings to the table all that business experience and yet our poll shows while the president is under water on the handling of the economy mitt romney is only ahead by an edge lo
white house spokesman says jay carney says basically what the president is trying to do is hit these battleground states and lay out a choice with the republic mitt romney. >> the president talks every day that he is out there, as he was yesterday about what we need to do to help build our economy. help it continue to grow. help it continue to create jobs. >> and like the vice president, the president himself will be out on the campaign trail making that case next week during the...
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normally when jay carney gets questions like this about the campaign. he will deflect them to his colleagues in chicago and saying look i only focus on policy. today when i asked a question about all of this, jay carney was ready with a snappy sound bite and basically for the first time from the podium he called mitt romney's campaign desperate. take a listen. >> ed, i would say that all of us who follow politics and policy, whether we're on this side or your side of the podium have seen circumstances like this where a campaign is having a very bad day or very bad week. and in circumstances like that, there are efforts made sometimes desperate efforts made to change the subject. >> carney went on to say he thinks that maybe even the romney camp has had an awful month not just a couple days or week. they obviously run the risk inside the white house of being a little bit overconfident. can i tell you they certainly feel go right now and they think mitt romney really messed up with this tape, shep. >> shepard: have they gotten into the context of what the
normally when jay carney gets questions like this about the campaign. he will deflect them to his colleagues in chicago and saying look i only focus on policy. today when i asked a question about all of this, jay carney was ready with a snappy sound bite and basically for the first time from the podium he called mitt romney's campaign desperate. take a listen. >> ed, i would say that all of us who follow politics and policy, whether we're on this side or your side of the podium have seen...
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also at the white house briefing, jay carney seemed to try and put the focus on the investigation and not ambassador rice's comments. >> people are more interested in talking points for a sunday show several months ago than finding out what happened in benghazi, bringing to justice who was responsible, and insuring we take action that prevents something like that happening again. >> also late tonight, harry reid said the three republicans are politicizing the benghazi matter, calling it, quote, outrageous. >> shepard: catherine herridge in washington. the white house and congress have five weeks to keep us from going over the fiscal cliff at the end of the year. that would mean automatic tax hikes and spending cuts at the same time and an economists say it could cause another resomething. the president met with congressional leaders from both parties, but harry reid says there has not been much progress since then. mike emmanuel is on capitol hill. republicans are asking for changes to social security and medicare. any common ground? >> shep, in public, it does not sound like it. top
also at the white house briefing, jay carney seemed to try and put the focus on the investigation and not ambassador rice's comments. >> people are more interested in talking points for a sunday show several months ago than finding out what happened in benghazi, bringing to justice who was responsible, and insuring we take action that prevents something like that happening again. >> also late tonight, harry reid said the three republicans are politicizing the benghazi matter,...
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asked jay carney about this report today he neither confirmed or denied. the nfl player who murdered his girlfriend and then killed himself apparently spent some time before the crime at another woman's apartment. details on that and what his own mother says she saw him do on the day that ended in blood. and word police here in new york city have now caught the suspect who is accused of pushing somebody right in front of a subway. and wait until you hear where they found him. that's ahead from the journalists of fox news on this tuesday fox report. can i help you? i heard you guys can ship ground for less than the ups store. that's right. i've learned the only way to get a holiday deal is to camp out. you know we've been open all night. is this a trick to get my spot? [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. save on ground shipping at fedex office. a new way to save on your prescriptions. it's the aarp medicarerx saver plus plan from unitedhealthcare. with this plan, you can get copays as low as a dollar through a preferred network pharmacy like w
asked jay carney about this report today he neither confirmed or denied. the nfl player who murdered his girlfriend and then killed himself apparently spent some time before the crime at another woman's apartment. details on that and what his own mother says she saw him do on the day that ended in blood. and word police here in new york city have now caught the suspect who is accused of pushing somebody right in front of a subway. and wait until you hear where they found him. that's ahead from...
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it also raises questions about two days after ambassador rice's tv appearances jay carney was at the white house podium again saying in his words saying there was concrete evidence that this was tied to the video, suggesting it was not a terror attack. today jay carney when asked about that he said quote i and others made very clear that our preliminary assessments were preliminary, that investigation was underway and as more facts became available we would make the american people aware of them. but it's interesting, jay carney went on to say that this al qaeda affiliated group, they later claimed they had nothing to do with the terror attacks. he says there is competing claims. the top republic on the senate intelligence committee notes that al qaeda affiliated group one of their members is the only suspect currently in custody for that terror attack. is he in custody overseas, suggesting this al qaeda group did have something to do with it, shep. >> shepard: ed, this comes during the president's battleground states blitz with just 13 days to go. >> absolutely. he is doing six batt
it also raises questions about two days after ambassador rice's tv appearances jay carney was at the white house podium again saying in his words saying there was concrete evidence that this was tied to the video, suggesting it was not a terror attack. today jay carney when asked about that he said quote i and others made very clear that our preliminary assessments were preliminary, that investigation was underway and as more facts became available we would make the american people aware of...
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pressed jay carney today. he said on 9-12, the president did mention that the terror may be involved and that's true, in the rose garden, he briefly mentioned. then carney tried to sort of rewrite things and suggest that the white house's story all along was that this was terror and not a protest. >> why were you at this podium for several days saying we don't know if it's terrorism. >> i never said that. i never said we don't know if it's terrorism. >> in fact, as you know, carney did several times say that they were not aware that it was terrorism, in fact, they thought it was a protest coming out of this anti-muslim film and most infamously ambassador susan rice said that on five sunday talk shows on september 16, five days after the attack. this is another example of how the white house has really struggled to get its story straight. >> when that comes, the republicans jump all over it. how are they reacting tonight? >> absolutely. one of the republican senators who just came back from libya today said he
pressed jay carney today. he said on 9-12, the president did mention that the terror may be involved and that's true, in the rose garden, he briefly mentioned. then carney tried to sort of rewrite things and suggest that the white house's story all along was that this was terror and not a protest. >> why were you at this podium for several days saying we don't know if it's terrorism. >> i never said that. i never said we don't know if it's terrorism. >> in fact, as you know,...
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you asked the press secretary jay carney about this. what did he say? >> shep, he insisted, as you noted that vice president was not talking about the administration at large. he was talking about just the president and the vice president, not getting some sort of heads up about the security concerns. so i pressed him on whether this was an attempt to sort of push the blame off on the state department. take a listen. >> would you say on libya that basically the buck stops with the state department on security then? it doesn't stop with the white house. >> that's an article made for television phrasing, ed, but the fact. >> the state department, the president can't -- basically he doesn't make those assessments is what you are saying? >> there are thousands of diplomatic personnel around the world there are countless facilities around the world. i'm saying when it comes to the number of personnel who are in place at consulates and embassies and other diplomatic facilities around the world, those decisions are appropriately made at the state department. >
you asked the press secretary jay carney about this. what did he say? >> shep, he insisted, as you noted that vice president was not talking about the administration at large. he was talking about just the president and the vice president, not getting some sort of heads up about the security concerns. so i pressed him on whether this was an attempt to sort of push the blame off on the state department. take a listen. >> would you say on libya that basically the buck stops with the...
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you mentioned what jay carney said, to confuse matters more. it turns out if you check u.s. law dating back to the 1980s, in in fact, egypt and other nation, a handful, are labeled specifically allies, which gives them special status and that's why it made it even more confusing at the state department when the spokeswoman was pressed on it and said yes, egypt is an ally. take a listen. >> i'm going to refer you to the white house. >> you're saying the administration, still regards egypt adds a nonnato ally and still a recipient of all the privileges that that entails? >> yes. >> yes. that sort of contradicts what the president said in that interview. the bottom line is, this shows that especially in the wake of this violence and the fall of the mubarak government, the u.s. is still sorting out exactly what this relationship is going to be like moving forward. >> shep: lot to sort through. the u.s. house of representatives approved a bill that will stop the government from shutting down. in that bill was aid to both egypt and libya. some lawmakers are pushing back on that id
you mentioned what jay carney said, to confuse matters more. it turns out if you check u.s. law dating back to the 1980s, in in fact, egypt and other nation, a handful, are labeled specifically allies, which gives them special status and that's why it made it even more confusing at the state department when the spokeswoman was pressed on it and said yes, egypt is an ally. take a listen. >> i'm going to refer you to the white house. >> you're saying the administration, still regards...
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. >> jay carney flatly rejected at today when i asked him about it. he said politics was not involved here, but that the real reasonhy t sry h ced ha n f h b gis i ition unfolded. >> we're 27 days away from an election. is there any evidence that this is having an impactn the president? >> y, the president is taking a h. who do youruoronor threntadnedof 52% to 41. now down to 49-43, a little hit there. on his handling of libya, the president has 37% of the american people approving. while 46% disapprove of his handng o l. atwsblhi dryan y. re this tomorrow morning on "america's newsroom." tonight tragedy in a florida college. a garage collapsing, killing two people and police say a work could be trapped in the wreckage fo da chs sttsppgo b college in america. she says a major university rejected her because she's white. and she's taking her legal battle to the highest courtn the land. sh nsid.tye couest 'ryio the ly qualified group of students with the diverse background. >>oming up, what the case could mean for campuses across the country el r [ chuc
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i was sitting a few feet away from jay carney, the white house spokesman. he took his eyeglasses off at one point, was wiping his eyes as the president spoke. you don't normally see that, obviously, around here at the white house when they've been going through the fiscal cliff and all these other major issues. all that is on the side lines now, at least for a few days. bottom line, you mentioned the flags lowered to half-staff here. they have to go forward with the business of government, though, because as you also noted, the president called the connecticut governor today. he have also called the f.b.i. director, robert muller, and pledged all federal resources to assist in this investigation, help state and local authorities. as i mentioned in terms of the fiscal cliff, the president was supposed to travel to maine next wednesday. pressure republicans out on the road about getting a fiscal cliff deal. i'm told that trip has been canceled. they may obviously have to be dealing with a memorial service next week, bill. >> bill: ed, there was a mention toda
i was sitting a few feet away from jay carney, the white house spokesman. he took his eyeglasses off at one point, was wiping his eyes as the president spoke. you don't normally see that, obviously, around here at the white house when they've been going through the fiscal cliff and all these other major issues. all that is on the side lines now, at least for a few days. bottom line, you mentioned the flags lowered to half-staff here. they have to go forward with the business of government,...
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jay carney said it is i think self-evident what happened in benghazi was a terrorist attack. he says the president agrees. quote, it is certainly the case it is in our view that the president's view that it was a terrorist attack. our chief intelligence correspondent katherine heritage what more are we learning. >> reporter: within 24 hours of attack, u.s. intelligence officials believe it was terrorism and the work of a specific group with an al-qaeda affiliate in north africa. there were strong leads that al-qaeda's affiliate working with a second group that wants to make an state. but no one believes that it was just the work of mob. defense secretary telling reporters that benghazi was a terrorist attack that it did take him some time to reach that conclusion. >> reason it pretty clearly was a terrorist group because a group of terrorists, obviously conducted that attack on the consulate, against individuals. what terrorists were involved i still think remains to be determined by the investigation. >> reporter: a spokesman for the director of national intelligence telling
jay carney said it is i think self-evident what happened in benghazi was a terrorist attack. he says the president agrees. quote, it is certainly the case it is in our view that the president's view that it was a terrorist attack. our chief intelligence correspondent katherine heritage what more are we learning. >> reporter: within 24 hours of attack, u.s. intelligence officials believe it was terrorism and the work of a specific group with an al-qaeda affiliate in north africa. there...
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. >> shep: today the white house press secretary, jay carney, said it is, i think, self-evident, that what happened in benghazi was a terrorist attack. but he also pointed to what a top u.s. counter terror official said yet, quote, we have no information at this point to suggest that this is a significantly preplanned attack, but this was the result of opportunism, taking advantage of and exploiting what was happening as a result of the reaction to the video that was found to be offensive. some republicans are challenging the administration after getting a closed door briefing today from the secretary of state hillary clinton and the director of national intelligence, james clapper. >> they believe it was the video. it's not the video. it's the islamists who are pushing this video throughout the internet, throughout the world, to inflame passions on the part of people of the muslim faith so that they can spark not only these demonstrations, but eventually take over these countries. so to blame it on the video is a fundamental misunderstanding of what's happening. >> shep: senator mcca
. >> shep: today the white house press secretary, jay carney, said it is, i think, self-evident, that what happened in benghazi was a terrorist attack. but he also pointed to what a top u.s. counter terror official said yet, quote, we have no information at this point to suggest that this is a significantly preplanned attack, but this was the result of opportunism, taking advantage of and exploiting what was happening as a result of the reaction to the video that was found to be...
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press secretary jay carney says one of the messages that the u.s. is trying to get to the arab street is that the u.s. government had nothing to do with this film. >> it can be difficult to it understand in some countries why the united states can't simply eliminate this kind of expression. but as you know it is in the absolute core of our being as americans that we that we allow freedom of expression. >> carney says that's not an apology for the film or america's commitment to free speech, harris. >> harris: wendell goler, thank you very much. the more we learn about the assault on the consulate, the more it becomes clear this was not likely the action of an unruly mob. hours ago lawmakers briefed on intelligence said they suspect this was a coordinated assault with heavily armed and well-trained gunmen. one designed with the goal of murder. >> they were a well-planned and professional terrorist act against the u.s. consulate in benghazi. >> it was a group of either al qaeda or radical islamists who about 15 of them, armed with rp gs other lethal w
press secretary jay carney says one of the messages that the u.s. is trying to get to the arab street is that the u.s. government had nothing to do with this film. >> it can be difficult to it understand in some countries why the united states can't simply eliminate this kind of expression. but as you know it is in the absolute core of our being as americans that we that we allow freedom of expression. >> carney says that's not an apology for the film or america's commitment to free...
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today jay carney was insisting he is still in touch with a lot of foreign leaders. take a listen. >> the president has just in the last few weeks had extensive consultations with foreign leaders including the leaders of egypt, israel, yemen, turkey, libya, and those consultations will continue. not just with leaders in the region but with leaders around the world. it is part of the job of being president. that that be the case. and he will certainly encounter many leaders tonight in new york as well as tomorrow. >> now, the point is in the heat of a presidential campaign, the last thing the president wants is something popping up, a question about libya or something like that one of these bilateral meetings that ends up becoming fodder on the campaign trail. the phones in the white house still work. he can call benjamin netanyahu or any one of these leaders. it's not like is he taking a timeout. >> shepard: it's an optics problem for him at least for the movement. >> no doubt about it. >> the cnn got ahold of this diary after the assassination of the ambassador. the
today jay carney was insisting he is still in touch with a lot of foreign leaders. take a listen. >> the president has just in the last few weeks had extensive consultations with foreign leaders including the leaders of egypt, israel, yemen, turkey, libya, and those consultations will continue. not just with leaders in the region but with leaders around the world. it is part of the job of being president. that that be the case. and he will certainly encounter many leaders tonight in new...
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>> they're laughing it offment jay carney was basically saying this is dead on arrival. while the senate majority leader harry reid said, look, he almost feels like this is a bad tv episode where the goal post keeps getting moved. take a listen. >> every time we got down to doing something with a long-term financial security of this country, they take that football and it's a charlie brown etch sewed. they jerk the ball away. >> just in the last few moments, the house majority leader eric cantor, has said that he believes the republican leadership has the votes to get the so-called plan b through the house when they vote on it thursday. the problem, though, is that senator reid says it would never get through the senate. so we're basically back to square one. forget about plan b. now we may have to go to c or d or e, one of those. >> shepard: all right. ed henry, thanks. there is apparently optimism. in fact, there is that a budget deal could be near and it showed on wall street. in fact, for every two stocks that fell, nearly three finished in the green. the dow jumped
>> they're laughing it offment jay carney was basically saying this is dead on arrival. while the senate majority leader harry reid said, look, he almost feels like this is a bad tv episode where the goal post keeps getting moved. take a listen. >> every time we got down to doing something with a long-term financial security of this country, they take that football and it's a charlie brown etch sewed. they jerk the ball away. >> just in the last few moments, the house majority...
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but white house spokesman jay carney says the president did see some of the game. he's upset just like a lot of other americans about it. he wants to see the new refs -- the old refs come back and get the replacements out. >> shep: too bad he can't have a presidential decree. >> presidential order. >> shep: thanks. we heard much more from the united nations today. wow. what a day it was. the president of pakistan, our ally, remember, had some very harsh words for the makers of that anti-islamic film that's gone viral. that's going to be our top story coming up at the bottom of the hour. first, here after speaking here in new york city, governor romney headed to ohio to kick off a bus tour of that crucial battle ground state. his running mate, paul ryan, along for the ride, and so is campaign carl cameron live in van dale i can't, ohio. just up the road a bit. you just interviewed the two candidates. they're going after the president on foreign policy, right? >> they are. both mitt romney and paul ryan are making the case that the president has been unclear, lacks t
but white house spokesman jay carney says the president did see some of the game. he's upset just like a lot of other americans about it. he wants to see the new refs -- the old refs come back and get the replacements out. >> shep: too bad he can't have a presidential decree. >> presidential order. >> shep: thanks. we heard much more from the united nations today. wow. what a day it was. the president of pakistan, our ally, remember, had some very harsh words for the makers of...
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jay carney was telling reporters a few moments ago the president gives very long answers and that's a liability for him in this debate. when is the last time you heard the white house press secretary say the president is any sort of a liability. they are desperately trying to lower expectations going into this. they are playing up mitt romney's expectations by saying he was so gifted in those republic primary debates. take a listen to david plouffe. >> we have expected all along that governor romney will have a good night. he has prepared more than any candidate in history. he has shown himself to be a very very good debater through the years. the fact of the matter is the president hasn't had a debate like this in four years. if you go back four years ago, he did pretty darn well against hillary clinton who is a tough debater. he survived those primaries and did a pretty good job against john mccain in three tough debates in the financial crisis and some of the big debate in 2008. >> the senator of the foreclosure crisis arguably. that could hurt the president. >> it can, because it'
jay carney was telling reporters a few moments ago the president gives very long answers and that's a liability for him in this debate. when is the last time you heard the white house press secretary say the president is any sort of a liability. they are desperately trying to lower expectations going into this. they are playing up mitt romney's expectations by saying he was so gifted in those republic primary debates. take a listen to david plouffe. >> we have expected all along that...
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press secretary jay carney says it's only not fair it's not smart. >> the president is clear he will not extend, he will not sign a bill that extends the bush era tax cuts for the wealthiest americans because it's not good policy. >> since both agree on the middle class tax cuts they should be extended and now, shepard. >> shepard: i mentioned those meetings, wendell, today the president i guess preaching to the choir. tomorrow the sinners are in. >> he he will meet with business leaders. i don't know if you want to call them sinners. but certainly more inclined to protect the upper income bush tax cuts than the union people. most small businesses aren't affected by them but the ones that are affected by them create the most jobs. now, senate republic leader mitch mcconnell says raises taxes on those businesses would cost 700,000 jobs. the president says we would simply return to the tax rates of the clinton years in which the economy created almost 8 times as many jobs as the administration of george w. bush. president will make his case to the public tomorrow and civic leaders on f
press secretary jay carney says it's only not fair it's not smart. >> the president is clear he will not extend, he will not sign a bill that extends the bush era tax cuts for the wealthiest americans because it's not good policy. >> since both agree on the middle class tax cuts they should be extended and now, shepard. >> shepard: i mentioned those meetings, wendell, today the president i guess preaching to the choir. tomorrow the sinners are in. >> he he will meet with...